Unless you're a long-time friend of mine or went to high school with me, you might not've known that I grew up skateboarding. In my early teens, I spent most of my free-time skating with my friends, filming videos, and constantly being surrounded by music. I used to...

Sketching is an excellent way for you to quickly explore design concepts. In this video I share why sketching first matters, and how it's impacted my design process. I work with a lot of aggressive deadlines, and the only way I'm able to work through a ton of...

There are two ways I'm able to make a living as a freelance graphic designer, and that's what I'd like to share with you in this post. 1. Client Work Last year client work made up about 61% of my annual income. I design t-shirts – mainly for the music industry. That's...

Creating custom Photoshop brushes and vector textures for your work can be a powerful way to add interest and depth to your designs. In the video above, I share how I created my one of a kind Rolled Ink Texture Collection. The Supplies Making your own textures can be...

What a year it has been! I’ve been a full-time freelance graphic designer for over 5 years now, and this is the first time I feel like I’m starting to figure things out. At the beginning of the year I made the daunting decision to go all in on t-shirt design. I...

As a freelance graphic designer specializing in t-shirt design, I like to take on a lot of band merch projects. This has given me the awesome opportunity to work with bands like Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco, Gavin DeGraw, Memphis May Fire, and so much more. When...

In this tutorial I share how to use the Type on a Path tool to create a vintage style badge in Adobe Illustrator. The basic use of this feature in Illustrator can help elevate your graphic design work. I personally use this tool in my own design work, whether it's for...

Chances are you’ve heard of freelance job sites like Upwork, Elance, Freelancer, 99designs, Fiverr, and even Craigslist. And if you’re starting out or struggling at all with finding consistent work with your freelancing, then these sites are going to look very...

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